Why Rose McGowan was blocked on Twitter

Rose McGowan's Twitter account was temporarily blocked for violating some of the social network's rules.

The actress, who was recently named in a New York Times expose alleging sexual misconduct by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, has been tweeting about the scandal since it broke.

Weinstein was forced out of his company after several womencame forward alleging he had harassed them and acted inappropriately. More accusations, including alleged rape, have since surfaced.

McGowan Instagrammed a photo of a notification from Twitter late Wednesday saying the site had "determined that this account had violated the Twitter Rules, so we temporarily limited some of your account features."

This left McGowan unable to tweet for 12 hours, according to the notification. The caption on her official Instagram account said: "TWITTER HAS SUSPENDED ME. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK. BE MY VOICE."

A screen shot from Rose McGowan's Instagram account

The company has since tweeted an explanation.

"We have been in touch with Ms. McGowan's team," Twitter said in a tweet on Thursday. "We want to explain that her account was temporarily locked because one of her Tweets included a private phone number, which violates of our Terms of Service."

Twitter clarified that McGowan's account had been unlocked and the offending tweet was removed.

"Twitter is proud to empower and support the voices on our platform, especially those that speak truth to power," the final tweet said. "We stand with the brave women and men who use Twitter to share their stories, and will work hard every day to improve our processes to protect those voices."

"These allegations come as an utter surprise to the Board," the statement said. "Any suggestion that the Board had knowledge of this conduct is false."

Affleck later posted a message on social media about Harvey Weinstein, who helped launch his career with the 1997 film "Good Will Hunting."

"I am saddened and angry that a man who I worked with used his position of power to intimidate, sexually harass and manipulate many women over decades," Affleck wrote. "The additional allegations of assault that I read this morning made me sick."

Dear most of Hollywood, this is happening. You cannot sweep this under the rug. Support vocally or you will forever have an * in history. pic.twitter.com/o8dBZ59WFf

McGowan called for the board of Weinstein's company to be dissolved in a tweet. She believes it was complicit in Weinstein's alleged behavior.

The actress urged people to support a petition started by an anonymous person on the website iPetitions.

"If you believe The Weinstein Company should completely dissolve after 30 years of sexual abuse against innocent women please join me in signing this petition to honor the victims and their bravery," the petition reads.

TWC You don't get to change your company name & be done with it. Every man there has the blood of sorrow on their hands. You are dirty.